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- 1 2 "Milton Ager | Songwriters Hall of Fame". www.songhall.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ "Jack Yellen". bmhof.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ "New York Clipper 30 August 1922 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections". idnc.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ "Ain't She Sweet". The Beatles Bible. 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ "Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Historic First Inauguration". whitehousehistory.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ "Harry Von Tilzer | Songwriters Hall of Fame". www.songhall.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ↑ Harry Von Tilzer : Short profile at the International Music Score Library Project
- ↑ "She Don't Wanna" (Milton Ager) : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- ↑ Bradley, Edwin M. (2004-08-25). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-2029-2.